U.N. human rights official meets Japanese lawmakers over N. Korea's abductions

U.N. human rights official meets Japanese lawmakers over N. Korea's abductions

Signe Poulsen, head of the Seoul Office of the U.N. High Commission for Human Rights, speaks in the National Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2015, during a meeting with Keiji Furuya (R), acting head of a group of lawmakers seeking the early release of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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